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by zug_zug 3y ago
Well those of us who have never heard of "momentary fusion" read the title to mean "momentary breakthroughs in fusion"
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I used to try to go 100% online rental (primarily amazon rentals if I didn't want hassle). I figured it was hard to argue a 3.99 rental was any worse than blockbuster. So on vacation I tried to airplay mission impossible from amazon re
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Well the main reason to entertain it is that that's how science works -- something isn't false until proven, it's unknown until studied. It's worth studying because if it's true we'd like to know it. Now is the
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Agree, and to be clear, that's why I upvoted this submission -- it really is an endorsement of the algorithm and moderation we see here. I know the person who wrote the article did it from a place of skepticism, but it functions as a n
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by zug_zug 3y ago
This shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, and I say that as a queer person myself. It obviously shouldn't be presumed true until disproven either, but if/when it gets dismissed it should be for conclusive scientific reasons ra
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by zug_zug 3y ago
> Those tests exist already Do you actually know which tests the EPA runs and if so could you cite your source? > no ethical tests can determine the full truth. That's an all-or-nothing fallacy. Also you didn't respond to th
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by zug_zug 3y ago
So I understand the complaint that perhaps there's evidence that things currently classified as autism might be genetically or otherwise differentiable. However to my mind that simply strengthens the need to have some sort of computeri
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I don't think it's remotely inevitable. I think that's an outrageous mindset. Think of it like an engineer. We try to test products before deploying them to production (e.g. make all of humanity ingest it). If our tests are w
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Hard disagree. Currently in the US the CDC puts incidence of Autism at 1/36, a number that has changed significantly every year for the last 30 years. There is no longer a scientific consensus that the rate is not changing because we h
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Sure the DSM isn’t capable of assigning a % but that’s just a practical simplification it makes. There are over 100 genes strongly linked to autism and many other correlates. There are obviously people in the world who stim every minute, so
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Don't mean to offend -- my intent there with the slash is to convey that I give each individual the right to independently label it as a problem if they feel it is, or to label it as a mere phenomenon if they feel it isn't.
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Note: The title set off all my alarm bells for some kind of ragebait piece, but the title is ironic - this is actually a painfully thoughtful 1-hour exploration of the topic from a philosophical/political angle. I really liked the begi
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Well the nature of autism being a "spectrum disorder" (per the DSM, the officialest psychology book) inherently means that there will be people who are 1%, 2%, 5%, 50% autistic. So boolean labels/diagnoses don't really a
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I can see how a broad declaration like this may feel bold/freeing, but if you really put your mind to it then it seems pretty easy to pick apart.
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Probably downvoted for "Two wrongs make a right" fallacy. Basically if A does something bad, an irrational/tribal behavior is to disregard the problem by bringing up an unrelated bad behavior of another party. Two wrongs make
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Just a contextual note -- one thing Sabine says is: AI won't help because we know the exact solution, we just aren't willing to do it. Presumably she's referring to her first proposal -- a carbon tax. It's my understandi
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I wouldn’t just assume that. Yes fire smoke isn’t good, but different types of smoke can be exponentially worse depending on the chemicals of what’s burning. Just look at all the firefighters who got permanent lung damage for example
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I get you're trying to make a point, but it feels like you're doing it in the most tribal and emotional way I can think of. It sounds to me like the essence of what you're trying to communicate is that even though historicall
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Well, I would argue that if the company had the gumption to do a 180 (on short-term spam/enshit/ads) they are the best placed company to revitalize and still dominate the search market 5 years from now. It's really hard to ar
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by zug_zug 3y ago
If your takeaway from that anecdote is "don't whistleblow" I feel like you're in a different dimension than me. My takeaway is that he probably has a viable lawsuit and maybe pay somebody 5k for some SEO, or change his n
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Yuck, Plaid is the one that wants access to all your transaction history and to share it, right?
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I don't know if this is in the bill, but all (non-advertisement) parody videos etc should simply be legal on the condition if they display the word "PARODY" in the upper right in White on black font size 13 taking up no less
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Slightly off-topic, but it's absolutely shocking to me how quickly OpenAI has managed to do a meteoric PR nosedive. I think within 6 months they've gone from one of the most exciting (yet controversial) non-profits in the world to
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Well think about it this way: I'm a driver, but I'm a safer than average driver. So why would I want a system that's better than "average" where average includes drunk people, speeders, new/bad drivers, driving
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I see opposing mandatory diversity statements as a tenable viewpoint on the same grounds that one might object mandatorily standing for the national anthem/pledge of allegiance. I think these two examples help illustrate how this probl
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by zug_zug 3y ago
Several things I love about this: 1. Very interesting concept 2. Good explanation 3. Love the idea of using algorithms for moderation/mediation. Seems to be wildly successful on reddit at its aim (of deprioritizing controversial), and
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I say more power to them. I was considering buying a "luxury" vehicle and realized that the cost (between insurance, personal property tax, opportunity cost / apr, increased gas, depreciation) was $2,000 a month. Instead I sa
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by zug_zug 3y ago
"due to higher expenses due to collision damage" I wonder if that means insurance, frequency of collisions, average damage in a collision, or cost to repair disparity
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by zug_zug 3y ago
I agree. However, in a winner-takes-all situation, this essentially leads to an endgame of 13 engineers build something. Investors take 95% of the winnings. 20 people get a lot of money and everybody else sits on the sides. If we don't

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